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Exam Pattern

Important Dates

The Combined Medical Services held according to the following pattern and syllabus described by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) New Delhi:

Examination Pattern

Part-I WRITTEN EXAMINATION - (500 marks): This is two paper examination of 250 marks each. The exam duration of Each Paper is 2 hours.

Part-II Personality Test - 100 marks: Conducted for only those candidates who secure place in merit of written examination.

Weightage: The components of two Papers and the weightage to different components in the two papers are given below: -

Paper I

(a) General Ability 30 questions
(b) General Medicine 70 questions
(c) Paediatrics 20 questions
Total questions in Paper I = 120 (30 General Ability, 70 General Medicine and 20 Paediatrics)
Max. Marks Allotted for Paper I : 250

Paper II

(a) Surgery- 40 questions
(b) Gynaecology & Obstetrics - 40 questions
(c) Preventive & Social Medicine - 40 questions
Total questions in Paper II = 120 (40 Surgery, 40 Gynaecology & Obstetrics and 40 Preventive & Social Medicine)
Max. Marks Allotted for Paper II: 250

Syllabus: Combined Medical Services Examination

Syllabus Paper I

(a) General Ability
(i) Indian Society, Heritage & Culture, Polity, Economy, Human Development Indices and the Development Programmes;
(ii) Natural Resources, their distribution, exploitation, conservation and related issues;
(iii) Basic concepts of Ecology and Environment and their impact on health and economy;
(iv) Impact of changing demographic trends on health, environment and society;
(v) Indian Agriculture, Industry, Trade, Transportation and Service Sectors;
(vi) Natural and man made disasters and their management;
(vii) Food adulteration, Food processing, food distribution, food storage and their relevance to public health;
(viii) Recent trends in Science and Technology
(b) General Medicine (General Medicine including Cardiology, Neurology, Dermatology and Psychiatry)
(i) Cardiology
(ii) Respiratory diseases
(iii) Gastro-intestinal
(iv) Genito-Urinary
(v) Neurology
(vi) Hematology
(vii) Endocrinology
(viii) Metabolic disorders
(ix) Infections/Communicable Diseases
a) Virus
b) Rickets
c) Bacterial
d) Spirochetal
e) Protozoan
f) Metazoan
g) Fungus
(x) Nutrition/Growth
(xi) Diseases of the skin (Dermatology)
(xii) Musculoskelatal System
(xiii) Psychiatry
(xiv) General
(c) Paediatrics

Syllabus of Paper - II

(a) Surgery
(Surgery including ENT, Opthalmology, Traumatology and Orthopaedics)
I General Surgery
i) Wounds
ii) Infections
iii) Tumours
iv) Lymphatic
v) Blood vessels
vi) Cysts/sinuses
vii) Head and neck
viii) Breast
ix) Alimentary tract
a) Oesophagus
b) Stomach
c) Intestines
d) Anus
e) Developmental
x) Liver, Bile, Pancreas
xi) Spleen
xii) Peritoneum
xiii) Abdominal wall
xiv) Abdominal injuries
II Urological Surgery
III Neuro Surgery
IV Otorhinolaryngology E.N.T.
V Thoracic surgery
VI Orthopedic surgery
VII   Ophthalmology
VIII Anesthesiology
IX Traumatology
(b) GYNAECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS
I OBSTETRICS
i) Ante-natal conditions
ii) Intra-natal conditions
iii) Post-natal conditions
iv) Management of normal labours or complicated labour
II GYNAECOLOGY
i) Questions on applied anatomy
ii) Questions on applied physiology of menstruation and fertilization
iii) Questions on infections in genital tract
iv) Questions on neoplasma in the genital tract
v) Questions on displacement of the uterus
III FAMILY PLANNING
i) Conventional contraceptives
ii) U.D. and oral pills
iii) Operative procedure, sterilization and organization of programmes in the urban and rural surroundings
iv) Medical Termination of Pregnancy
(c) PREVENTIVE SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY MEDICINE
I Social and Community Medicine
II Concept of Health, Disease and Preventive Medicine
III Health Administration and Planning
IV General Epidemiology
V Demography and Health Statistics
VI Communicable Diseases
VII Environmental Health
VIII Nutrition and Health
IX Non-communicable diseases
X Occupational Health
XI Genetics and Health
XII International Health
XIII Medical Sociology and Health Education
XIV Maternal and Child Health
XV National Programmes

Important Note:

The written examination in both the papers will be completely of objective (Multiple choice answers) type. The language question paper shall be English only.

There will be penalty (Negative Marking) for wrong. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one third (0.33) of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.

(B) PERSONALITY TEST - (100 marks) Candidates who qualify in the written examination will be called for Interview/Personality Test to be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission.

The interview for Personality Test is used to gauge the General Knowledge and ability of the candidates in the fields of their academic study and personal intelligence.

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AKHAYII KOMOU3/24/2012 11:29:56 AM
sir, can physiotherapist can apply combined medical services?
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DR DOLA NATH3/21/2012 12:57:31 PM
IM A BHMS DOCTOR FOR 2 YRS.WHAT TYPE OO EXAMS MAY I APPLY?